![]() The use of the word 'beast' implies that not only is she “othered” by that, but she is also something foreign to her perceivers. ![]() They end in many variations such as 'A beast, a bitch, a witch, and a macha.’ In most of the lines, Cisneros says: 'They call me-'. ![]() In this poem you get the sense that Sandra is also being attacked about who she is, Sandra herself having had struggled with her personal identity, moving back and forth between her Mexican side and the side that resides in the States. She is a Haitian woman but she was raised by Spaniards who were also her employees. In The Farming of Bones, Danticat's character Amabelle struggles between who she is ethnically, and who she is dutifully. We analyzed many women writers in class whose quest for self-identity was under attack. Where the women we read about wrote in subdued tones and underlying messages, Cisneros boldly shouts her thoughts out loud about the perception of women writers, and perhaps even to a more personal extent, the perception of Chicana writers. The poem has a very strong feminist vibe, with a particular writing style unlike anything we've read in class. ![]() “Loose Woman” is a poem in the collection titled Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros. ![]() I’m la desperada, most-wanted public enemy. ![]()
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